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Candy Hair: Pastel Hair Color Formula from L'Oreal
For a sweet effect, seamlessly blended panels of L’Oréal Professionnel pastels melt into the natural color.
Mellow Yellow: Bright Hair Color Formula from Sunlights Balayage
Dramatic fantasy meets boyish charm to create a street-beat showstopper.
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Calypso: Copper and Red Hair Color Formula from Wella
The trend toward muted steels, beautiful neutrals and rich vibrant contrasts of copper red inspired this Wella waterfall of painted colors, which recalls a stormy sunset moving into peace.
Lush Lilac: Purple Hair Color Formula from GKHair
This whimsical Lush Lilac shade using GKhair was created to show a variation of subtle violets inspired by florals.
Contoured Copper: Red Hair Color Formula from Framesi
As precious as the metal it was named for, Framesi’s contoured copper weaves a tapestry of shadows and light to create this gentle and beautiful autumn look.
Starburst Orange: Pastel Hair Color Formula from Lakme USA
This Lakme USA technique also uses a placement pattern that imagines and mimics how the light from stars is softly diffused.
Ajisai: Pink and Blue Color Formula from Hoyu
Ajisai, Japanese for hydrangea, combines a delicate pink and piercing blue to create a fiercely feminine look.
Scarlet Sky: Red and Copper Color Formula from Kadus Professional
An October sunset creates the illusion that the sky is aflame with brilliant mixtures of red, pink and copper. The glowing tones, blend beautifully with this Kadus Professional color.
Fall Foliage: Red and Copper Color Formula from Zotos
This foil-over-base application is perfect for when a client needs dimensional work but is only booked for a single process.
In The Mix: Multi-Color Formula from Vitalitys
This Vitality’s design echoes the ’80s, featuring dynamic lines, structured and originalcolor combinations and a personalized aesthetic.
Icy Blush: Pastel Color Formula from Milk_Shake
This Icy Blush look features pastel colors that are distant from natural tones to add a touch of class and concentrate on the fringe area.
Tonal Shift: Soft Blonde Color Formula from TIGI
Seamless highlights team with a soft tonal shift create elegant, brighter face-framing results.
Pastel Pink: Soft Pink Formula from Redken
Redken pastels give clients glossy shine with sheer shades. Use them to add a pastel hue or a soft wash of color—or to tone and correct for a flawless filter effect.
Candy-Blush Color Formula from Rusk
When Rusk bold colors are softened for a dose of transparency, you achieve a pastel version of vibrant shades with brilliant shine.
Surfside Blonde: Beachy Blonde Formula from Joico
These glowing Joico highlights were inspired by summers spent in Ipanema, Brazil.
Sea Foam: Rainbow Pastel Formula from Pravana
The illusion of frothy waves in pastel Pravana shades that move forward from an ocean blue was created with a split-color technique, in which the hair is separated from back to front.